Biography of Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness 1904-1970
On 23 Aug 1904 [her sister] Gloria aka Maria Mercedes Morgan was born to [her father] Harry Hays Morgan Senior. She was an identical twin with her sister Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness.
On 23 Aug 1904 Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness was born to Harry Hays Morgan Senior. She was an identical twin with her sister Gloria aka Maria Mercedes Morgan.
On 10 Nov 1912 Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness (age 60) died. His son [her future husband] Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
In 1918 [her future husband] Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 34) was created 1st Viscount Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Before 28 Feb 1921 [her future husband] Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 37) and Ada "Daisy" Hogg Viscountess Furness were married. She by marriage Viscountess Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 27 Jun 1926 Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 42) and Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness (age 21) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 31 Mar 1929 [her son] William Anthony Furness 2nd Viscount Furness was born to [her husband] Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 45) and Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness (age 24).
On 14 Jun 1929 the Duke of Windsor (age 34) and Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness (age 24) met at the Leicestershire Agricultural Show. Edward asked her to dine and they met regularly until she joined him on safari in East Africa early in 1930, when a closer relationship developed. On Edward's return to Britain in April 1930 she was his regular weekend companion at the newly acquired Fort Belvedere until January 1934.
On 10 Jan 1931 Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness (age 26), at her country house Burrough Court, near Melton Mowbray, introduced the Duke of Windsor (age 36) to Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor (age 34). She, Wallis, was visiting Thelma's sister [her sister] Gloria aka Maria Mercedes Morgan (age 26).
In 1933 Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 49) and Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness (age 28) were divorced.
On 24 May 1940 [her former step-son] Lieutenant Christopher Furness (age 28) was killed in action.
On 06 Oct 1940 [her former husband] Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 56) died. His son [her son] William Anthony Furness 2nd Viscount Furness (age 11) succeeded 2nd Viscount Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 3rd Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 29 Jan 1970 Thelma Morgan Viscountess Furness (age 65) died.
